Hey Guys!! Got the Helium 30 Jacket in the mail Saturday!! I was out sledding on an overnight to Whistle'n Jacks and just got home 30 minutes ago. But I will have this great jacket out testing next weekend when I go out!! It is forecast to snow most of the week in the mountains here is Washington!!

Initial impression is that the fit and finish is top notch on this jacket! A lot of thought went into the making on this jacket! Can't wait to get it out on the snow next Saturday!!

First a little about my self. I grew up on sleds in Minnesota in the 70s. Our first sled was a ’68 Ski-Doo Chalet. and last a ’74 Ski-Doo Tn’T 340 SM. (which I raced and never finished less than 2nd place, ever!!) With a scattering of other long gone brands in between there. Bought a ’02 Summit here in Washington, then a ’06 summit. And now an ’11 Summit Etech 800. Love the Etech!! Put 1200 - 1500 miles a year on the sled. Not much by some standards. But from my place to the nearest snow is 70+ miles by trailer.... ANd the really fun places are 100 miles. each way....

Helium 30 Jacket Yup that’s what I got. Well I have had a Klim jacket for the last several years. So that’s the standard that I will somewhat loosely use.

The Klim jacket has 6 pockets and the Helium 30 Jacket has but 3. I belong to Search & Rescue here in WA state. So when I go out I have a bit more gear than the average dude. The thought is that if I had to spend the night, I could with the gear that I have on the sled. I am maybe a bit weird in so much as I have things “assigned” to each pocket. Head lamp & Extra batts in lower right. Gerber in lower left. Rino in top left. Sun glasses in top right. My wallet and Jeep keys go in the inside pockets in the Klim. Not so much with the Helium 30 Jacket.. No inside pockets. But I think that it was designed as a light weight wind, waterproof shell.

Last weekend was the first with the Helium 30 Jacket. Now my Klim is a bright orange. I call it my “Please find me jacket” Also I have a hunter orange “please find me” bomber hat. While bashing around in the woods I have found that some colors are easer to see than others. Black is not one of those colors. That is the color of the Helium 30 Jacket Doo-Talk so graciously gave me to test. Please understand that black is not a bad color. Just a bit harder to see if you are hurt / lost in the woods and someone is trying to find you...

I also ride with the tether connected. The loop to clip it to is great! With the Klim I have an extension that I made for it so that it will not pull the “key” off in extreme conditions and angles. With the Helium 30 Jacket this extension is not needed at all! Great placement on the loop. And the length is bout right too.

0430 comes early. So I am going to call it quits for now. More to follow later. Have a great day!!

Well, here a uncut video of some testing of the Helium 30 jacket. SO it is a bit rough. Just wanted to get it out there.

There is one more video coming. Have some extreme testing ideas that I am going to try. Will be a couple of weeks before these extreme results will be out.Top secret stuff ya know....... If I told ya,,,, well you know..